Rules for Life, Rules for Knives
We (try to have just) two rules in our house:
1) Show respect (for people & things; respect being care, kindness, empathy, appropriate attention to authority)
2) Practice good listening
We're working on both. The poor couch isn't getting much respect these days... Last night, after Nathan followed up a mistake by doing both of these and turning things around, we were highlighting the good choices he'd made:
Mama: "Having a million rules is dumb and too hard to keep track of - that's why we have just two rules in our house. Do you remember what they are?"
Liam piping in: "ONE - Know where your fingers are. TWO - Don't cut them off."
Also good rules... Grandpa would be proud.